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cholinergic fiber
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Any preganglionic fiber, postganglionic parasympathetic fiber, postganglionic sympathetic fiber to a sweat gland, or efferent fiber to skeletal muscle.
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cholinergic nerve
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A nerve that releases acetylcholine at a synapse when it transmits an impulse.
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cholinergic nerve fiber
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A nerve fiber that releases acetylcholine at its synapse when an impulse is transmitted. Sympathetic and parasympathetic preganglionic fibers, parasympathetic postganglionic fibers, and efferent somatic fibers ending in s
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cholinergic receptor
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A site in a nerve synapse or effector cell that responds to the effect of acetylcholine.
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choline O
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[EC 2.3.1.6] an enzyme of the transferase class that catalyzes the synthesis of acetylcholine, transferring the acetyl moiety from acetyl coenzyme A to choline. The enzyme occurs in synaptosomes of the autonomic nervous system and skeletal muscle, and in some regions of the central nervous system. Called also choline acetylase.
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